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Art Collaborations with Preston Singletary and Brian Perry

December 5, 2018 by David

Collaborating

Over the last couple of years it has been my fortune to collaborate on public art projects with two exceptional artists, Brian Perry (Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe) and Preston Singletary (Tlingit) These projects have made me become a better artist and it has been a dream come true to work on a large scale with artists that I have admiration for.

"Paddles Up" sculpture at The Point Hotel and Casino by Brian Perry
“Paddles Up” sculpture at The Point Hotel and Casino by Brian Perry

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Filed Under: collaborations, Installations, News, Process, Public Art, sculpture Tagged With: Alaska, Anchorage, Boney Courthouse, Brian Perry, david franklin, Eagle, Glass Art, Indigenous art, metal, Oregon, Paddles, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, Portland, Preston Singletary, public art, RACC, Raven, S'Klallam, sculpture, The Diane Apartments Portland, The Point Hotel and Casino, Tlingit

Last year’s project at Marc Adams School of Woodworking

May 11, 2015 by David

I was invited to teach for my third year in a row at the Marc Adams School of Woodworking in Franklin, Indiana.   It is quite an honor as it is the best school of its kind in America and draws students of all walks of life, and from all corners of the country.  Its always a great pleasure to teach here.

I have been teaching 3-D wood sculpture classes, and knife making workshops, alongside some of the finest woodworkers and craftspeople in North America here.  My students have been interested in last year’s project so I thought I would post the project progression pictures here plus drawings for an alternate open winged version of the sculpture.

Raven Sculpture views
Raven Sculpture views
Raven Sculpture Step one
Beginning the Raven sculpture

 

step 2 Raven sculpture
step 2 Raven sculpture
step 3 Raven sculpture
step 3 Raven sculpture
step 4 Raven sculpture
step 4 Raven sculpture
step 3 Raven sculpture
step 5 Raven sculpture
step 6 Raven Sculpture
step 6 Raven Sculpture
step 7 Raven sculpture
step 7 Raven sculpture
Raven Sculpture
Raven Sculpture

 

drawings for an alternate wings open version of the Raven sculpture
drawings for an alternate, wings open, version of the Raven sculpture
open wing Raven version
open wing Raven version

Filed Under: News, Process, Teaching Tagged With: carving, Marc Adams, Raven, sculpture woodworking, wood carve

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